Garrett is adding spice for Rutgers men's basketball team

5:31 PM,
Oct. 31, 2012

Vince Garrett during the MidKnight Madness basketball season opening celebration and pep rally.

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It didn't take Vince Garrett long to carve out an urban legend among Rutgers men's basketball fans.

Depending on who you talked to, Garrett won the dunk contest at MidKnight Madness Oct. 12 by either a) taking off from the 3-point line, b) dunking three balls at once, or c) exploding from a cannon, plucking the rock from the rafters and throwing it down backward.

The reality was only a bit less impressive. Going airborne one step inside the foul line, Garrett grabbed the ball from teammate Myles Mack with his left hand, passed it under his right leg and threw it down right-handed in one continuous, ...